The whole CBU licensing thing likely takes care of those complications... But then again, I try to stay far far from that fun.
Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:00 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] z/VM and Linux on GP engines Absolutely wrong. The licensing is more complex for z/VM on standard engines, but there is no technical restrictions. Both run without problems on IFL or standard engines. On 12/4/08 3:10 PM, "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Background: Our warm-site machine is a z/890 in CBU configuration, > currently "maxed out" with GP engines; hence we cannot now add an IFL > to it. > > A proposed z/VM / Linux POC is being delayed because an "IBM rep" > apparently told one of our decision-makers that Linux "can't run on a > GP engine", and we're not allowed to proceed unless we can show D/R > capability equivalent to our z/OS environment. > > So, regarding "Linux can't run on a GP engine", would one or more of > you please affirm or refute that statement? Expound as you deem > appropriate, but "keep it clean". :-) > > TIA, > > -jc- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
